Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110217:05:45:00
Hand want to keep all $40 billion of subsidies for the oil industry. 40 billion taxpayer dollars to be paid to the oil industry. come on, they're a needy cause. ladies and gentlemen, i present to you the world's most profitable companies of the year 2008. drum roll. number five, bp. number four, chevron. number three, shell. number two, a russian oil company. and number one, exxon mobile. these are the most profitable companies on earth in 2008. do you notice anything similar about them? in 2009, the next year, oil companies had a hard year. 2009, exxon only made $19 billion in profit that yea...